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TUSCALOOSA | They had a celebration at City Hall last week commemorating the 25th anniversary of the change in form of city government to a three member commission in what the members were elected at large, to a seven-member council elected in districts and mayor elected at large. With two of those district so-called “minority majority” districts, it paved the way for the first African-Americans to get elected to city government in now Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge John England and Charles… Read More »

TUSCALOOSA | We are closing in on three months until the June 1 gubernatorial primaries and while the two main Democratic candidates for their party’s nomination, U.S. Rep. Artur Davis and Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, are already going at it hammer and tong, things have been relatively quiet on the Republican front. That may be because there are seven announced candidates for the GOP nomination — they can’t actually qualify until next Tuesday — and you would think the last thing… Read More »

TUSCALOOSA | If you are engaged in opinion journalism, as I am as part of my duties at The Tuscaloosa News, there is no more fruitful time of the year for material in Alabama than when the Alabama Legislature is in session. Stumped for an issue for that next editorial? Just pick up the latest paper or peruse the regional wire: surely there will be something going on in Montgomery to point to with alarm or view with pride (the… Read More »